| There's more in the article w/ highlights from the poll. Bush's high disapproval rating (63%).
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After hearing balanced statements about each of the candidates, Democrat Russ Warner pulls into a statistical tie with Dreier (44 percent to 47 percent).
The key there is "balanced statements." There's a risk to that. I listened as David Dreier, in a conference call w/ people in the district, smoothly mentioned that the leadership in congress wants to see gas prices go up to $10/gallon. Color me skeptical and not-hoodwinked. It's true that I have not fact checked that statement. But I have no trouble imagining the same kind of calmly reasonable voice coming out with statements -- unbalanced statements, lying statements -- about Warner.
He certainly has lied about his own record. Voting against the GI bill and then touting his support for veterans.
So here's the challenge for the remainder of the campaign: If Warner can get the word out about himself so that voters can truly make a comparison between the two candidates, he has a chance to win this race.
That's the hopeful part.
The challenge is that Mr. Smooth Liar Dreier may sandbag things by unbalanced statements.
Russ Warner's Campaign Home Page: http://www.warnerforcongress.com/
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